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"Error 1309. Error Reading from File" Error Message When You Install Project 2003

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PRJ: Prorating Fixed Costs in Project for Windows
In Microsoft Project, fixed resource costs are either accrued at the beginning or at the end of a task. If the Prorated option is selected, then the costs are accrued at the beginning of the task. Therefore, there is no way to prorate fixed costs as a...
PRJ: Macro to Sum Values in Filtered List
The Microsoft Project sample macro in the "More Information" section of this article sums numeric values from a list of visible tasks and displays the total in a task row at the bottom of the list.
PRJ: Auto_Open and Auto_Close Macros
In Microsoft Project, when you use the Auto_Open or Auto_Close Visual Basic, Applications Edition, macro names, the macro will run either when a file is opened or when it is closed, respectively. This behaviour does not work for embedded projects, or...

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Considerations for server-side Automation of Office
Developers can use Automation in Microsoft Office to build custom solutions that use the capabilities and the features that are built into the Office product. Although such programmatic development can be implemented on a client system with relative...
Changes to subtasks are not reflected in the summary task
In Microsoft Project, when you make changes to a subtask, those changes may not be reflected in the summary task for that subtask. For example, if you change the amount of work on a subtask, the total Work value at the summary level may not adjust...
Description of Project 2003 Service Pack 1
Lists the issues that are fixed in Project 2003 Service Pack 1.

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An icon for an object is replaced with text when you select the object in the "Insert Object" dialog box in Visio
Describes a behavior that occurs with 32-bit icons in Visio 2007 and in Visio 2003.
Edits to summary task actual work reflected in subtasks in Project
In Microsoft Project, when you edit Actual Work or % Work Complete on a Summary task, Work and Actual Work will be distributed not only to all the Subtasks that have resources assigned, but also to the Subtasks that do not have resources assigned.
Task scheduled for nonworking time created as milestone
In Microsoft Project, if you create a task by dragging on the Calendar or the Gantt Chart , and you start dragging on a nonworking day and stop dragging on a nonworking day, the task is created as a milestone.

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